Yii2 Allow access to only specific controllers and restrict access to other controller

Question

I have a yii2 advanced project with many controllers, I want only some controllers to be accessible by users and block access to other controllers. Using access control I can set rules for actions but not controllers, any suggestion please

Answer 1

There are few type of configurations:

1) Block access to whole app (ak backend) with main config:

// ../config/main.php
return [
    // ...
    'components' => [
         // ...
    ],
    'as access' => [
        'class' => yii\filters\AccessControl::class,
        'except' => ['site/error', 'site/login', 'site/logout'],
        'rules' => [
            ['allow' => true, 'roles' => ['@']],
        ],
    ],
];

2) Block access to specific controllers by extending an abstract controller class

use yii\filters\AccessControl;
use yii\web\Controller;

/**
 *  AbstractSecured controller
 */
abstract class AbstractSecuredController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     */
    public function behaviors()
    {
        return [
            'access' => [
                'class' => AccessControl::class,
                // ...
                // rules
            ]
        ];
    }
}

Now you can extend this controller in your controllers

use yii\helpers\ArrayHelper;

/**
 * MyNonPublic controller
 */
class MyNonPublicController extends AbstractSecuredController
{
    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     */
    public function behaviors()
    {
        return ArrayHelper::merge(
            parent::behaviors(),
            [
                // ...
                // controller specific behaviors
                // you can even rewrite access behavior config
            ]
        );
    }
}

3) You can also config ACL